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Certificates
CA BMUFA 0011-11 · Series · 1924-2005
Part of Doris Yanda collection

Certificates and appreciation letters given to Doris Yanda, as well as greetings to her 75th and 100th birthdays.

Beztaktnist
Series · 1980-1991
Part of CIUS folklore collection

This series includes 31 issues of the Beztaktnist newsletter, which was compiled by David Marples and distributed internally throughout the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies from 1980 until 1991.
The second issue states: "Beztaktnist is a humorous look at life in the Institute and Ukrainian affairs generally. Contributions are welcomed, even demanded. Hopefully it will appear on the second Monday of each month."

Marples, David
CA BMUFA 0293-5 · Series · 1913-1995
Part of Ukrainian Bilingual Education in Alberta collection

The series consists of various documents on Bilingual Education in general and on Bilingual Ukrainian Education in particular. The earliest newspaper article is from 1913, but the box, in general, comprises materials from the 1970s and the 1980s. There are also a few newspaper articles from the early 1990s.

CA BMUFA 0293-4 · Series · 1974-1981
Part of Ukrainian Bilingual Education in Alberta collection

The series consists of information about the Parents Advisory Committee (PAC) for the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in the Edmonton Catholic School System (ECS) and the Edmonton Catholic Schools Ukrainian Bilingual Parent Advisory Society (PAS). It includes PAC's meeting agendas, minutes, and correspondence (1974-1981). There are also records of PAS, incorporated in 1982, as well as information about general activities of the Edmonton Catholic Schools concerning the Ukrainian Bilingual program. The records provide information about the PAS's meetings and correspondence from 1982 until 1989. There is also information about the extension of the UBP, claimed by ECS-PAC.

As a counterpart of UBLA, the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) was founded in 1975 under the auspices of the Edmonton Catholic School Boards to serve the Ukrainian Bilingual Program’s needs in the Separate School System. One of PAC’s main concerns was to provide assistance with the provision of transportation services for students enrolled in the Ukrainian-Bilingual Program. In 1982, the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) stopped appearing in the documents. Instead, the documents were signed by the Parent Advisory Society.

CA BMUFA 0293-3 · Series · 1970-1988
Part of Ukrainian Bilingual Education in Alberta collection

The series consists of records documenting the beginning and incorporation of UBLA (Ukrainian Bilingual Association) in the 1970s and about its work in the 1980s. It also includes UBLA's publicity, correspondence, agendas and meeting minutes, and financial records.

This series also contains information about the activities of Edmonton Public Schools (EPS) in the Ukrainian Bilingual Program from 1974 until 1988. Apart from general activities concerning EPS, there are records containing information about some schools in the UBP, for example Northmount, Balwin Junior, Holyrood, and Brentwood.

The Ukrainian Bilingual Association (UBLA) is a non-profit parental organization formed in 1974 to assist the establishment of the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in Edmonton Public Schools. UBLA’s goal was to develop bilingual language education programs in the Province of Alberta. UBLA prepared submissions to the Government of Alberta and organized publicity and recruitment campaigns on behalf of the bilingual program. Specifically, its projects included the recruitment of students, the arrangement of transportation of bilingual program students in the Edmonton Public School System, Junior High School Scholarships and publicity, increasing public awareness of the availability and existence of Ukrainian language education in Alberta schools. Furthermore, UBLA subsidized the annual Grade 6 graduation banquet and dance, and it organized the Ukrainian Daycamp – an extension of the UBP – until the foundation of APUE in 1984.

Ukrainian Bilingual Program
CA BMUFA 0293-2 · Series · 1974-1988
Part of Ukrainian Bilingual Education in Alberta collection

The series consists of name lists of teachers and pupils enrolled in the Ukrainian-Bilingual Program (in Edmonton Catholic as well as in Edmonton Public Schools) from 1974 to 1985. Also, there are baptism records with names of prospective students, as well as information on the children who left the program.

There are also various documents on Ukrainian Bilingual Transportation from different Ukrainian bilingual associations. The files include correspondences, budget and fees, name lists of pupils, who needed transportation, etc.

The Ukrainian Bilingual Program (UBP) is a partial immersion program, in which the basic subjects, consisting of science, mathematics and English, are taught in English, and the other subjects, including social studies, music, arts, physical education and Ukrainian language, are taught in Ukrainian.

The UBP was implemented by the Edmonton Catholic School System in the fall of 1974 and started as a three-year pilot project under the auspices of the Department of Education. An integral part of the UBP project was the annual evaluation of the extent to which the pupils in the program are achieving in their academic subjects, acquiring skills in the Ukrainian oral language, and the attitudes of the pupils and parents, teachers, and administrators towards the existing program. After the pilot phase, the Bilingual Program was offered in 1978 in the Edmonton Separate School System as well as in the Edmonton Public School System. The Separate, i.e. Catholic Schools offering the UBP included St. Matthew, St. Martin, and St. Bernadette. In Public Schools, the UBP was provided in five schools: Delwood, Holyrood, Northmount, Rundle and Rio Terrace. During the first year of the pilot project, 101 students were enrolled in the program and its success led to its permanent approval and simultaneous extension to Grade 6 by the Government of Alberta in 1976. The program was further extended to Grade 9 in 1980 and to Grade 12 in 1983.

Parental groups played an essential part in the existence of bilingual programs in general and the UBP in particular. They lobbied governments and made presentations to local school boards, convincing them to open their school to the concept and teaching of bilingual classes. When the UBP was first implemented, the Ukrainian Kindergarten Association assumed responsibility for acting on behalf of parents who had children enrolled in the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in the Edmonton Public and Catholic School Systems. However, this association was dissolved when the Ukrainian Bilingual Association was incorporated.